Florida Statute 771.01 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 771
ACTIONS FOR ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS, CRIMINAL CONVERSATION, SEDUCTION, OR BREACH OF CONTRACT TO MARRY

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F.S. 771.01

771.01 Certain tort actions abolished.—The rights of action heretofore existing to recover sums of money as damage for the alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction or breach of contract to marry are hereby abolished.

History.—s. 1, ch. 23138, 1945.

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Amendments to 771.01

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Cases Citing Statute 771.01

Total Results: 17

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,654 William L. Gunter and Camille S. Gunter v. Theodore M. Hutcheson

674 F.2d 862, 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 19647

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 30, 1982 | Docket: 222025

Cited 231 times | Published

77e(a). Section 12(1) of the 1933 Act, 15 U.S.C. § 771(1), gives one who purchases a security sold in violation

Gary McDougald Cross-Appellant v. Vivian L. Jenson, Cross-Appellee, Clarence Ehli, Cross-Appellee

786 F.2d 1465, 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 24527

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 21, 1986 | Docket: 111539

Cited 172 times | Published

1945, c. 23138, § 1, codified at Fla.Stat.Ann. § 771.01 (West 1964). This statute has been construed broadly

Liappas v. Augoustis

47 So. 2d 582, 1950 Fla. LEXIS 1046

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 18, 1950 | Docket: 1384517

Cited 31 times | Published

theretofore actionable, enumerated in said Act. Section 771.01 of the Act provides that "The rights of action

Stone v. Wall

734 So. 2d 1038, 1999 WL 424384

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 17, 1999 | Docket: 1730947

Cited 27 times | Published

cause of actions for alienation of affections, see § 771.01, Fla. Stat. (1997); Prosser, supra § 124, at 930

Gill v. Shively

320 So. 2d 415

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 17, 1975 | Docket: 1733765

Cited 17 times | Published

have held their "Heart Balm" statutes, similar to § 771.01, F.S. 1973, preclude actions of any type arising

Mims v. Mims

305 So. 2d 787

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 31, 1974 | Docket: 457087

Cited 10 times | Published

public policy to this effect was expressed in F.S. § 771.01 et seq., which outlawed damage claims for alienation

In Re Cascade International Securities Litigation

840 F. Supp. 1558, 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19565, 1993 WL 535210

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 16, 1993 | Docket: 1782369

Cited 9 times | Published

Securities Act of 1933, §§ 12(1) and 12(2), 15 U.S.C. § 771(1), (2). The defendants have moved to dismiss the

HARRINGTON EX REL. HARRINGTON v. Pages

440 So. 2d 521

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 16, 1983 | Docket: 1430635

Cited 9 times | Published

of action which has been expressly barred by Section 771.01, Florida Statutes (1981): 771.01 Certain tort

Bailey v. TRENAM SIMMONS, KEMKER, SCHARF, BARKIN

938 F. Supp. 825, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14232, 1996 WL 550126

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 29, 1996 | Docket: 291021

Cited 7 times | Published

under § 12(1) of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 771(1) is not restricted to those who actually pass title

Hoffman v. Boyd

698 So. 2d 346, 1997 WL 471845

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 20, 1997 | Docket: 1524252

Cited 4 times | Published

of action for breach of a promise to marry. Section 771.01 provides: The rights of action heretofore existing

De La Portilla v. De La Portilla

287 So. 2d 345

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 27, 1973 | Docket: 1293498

Cited 3 times | Published

of affections and as such is prohibited by F.S. § 771.01 F.S.A. et seq., which abolishes *347 actions for

Davis v. Hilton

780 So. 2d 974, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 2465, 2001 WL 219110

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 7, 2001 | Docket: 64804418

Cited 2 times | Published

distress. • The clear language of Florida Statutes § 771.01 abolishes the claim of alienation of affections

Schiller v. Miller

621 So. 2d 481, 1993 WL 174889

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 26, 1993 | Docket: 1677732

Cited 2 times | Published

that the Florida "Heart Balm" statute, now section 771.01, Florida Statutes (1991), does not preclude

Duttenhofer v. Duttenhofer

474 So. 2d 251, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1374

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 4, 1985 | Docket: 1487565

Cited 2 times | Published

v. Mims, 305 So.2d 787 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974) (Section 771.01, et seq., Florida Statutes, bars cause of action

Eugene Gartman and Adrienne Gartman v. Southern Tactical Range, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company; And BITN, LLC, A

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 23, 2025 | Docket: 70890930

Published

seduction, and breach of contract to marry. See § 771.01, Fla. Stat. (2022); see also Kluger, 281 So. 2d

Chubb Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Stoyanovich

121 So. 3d 607, 2013 WL 4081021, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 12651

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 14, 2013 | Docket: 60234461

Published

court misread Gill, which expressly stated that section 771.01, Florida Statutes, “only bars actions for damages

Harrington ex rel. Harrington v. Pages

440 So. 2d 521, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 24113

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 16, 1983 | Docket: 64600627

Published

of action which has been expressly barred by Section 771.01, Florida Statutes (1981): 771.01 Certain tort